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Ash's Journal
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Created on 2003-03-06 14:36:45 (#934960), last updated 2009-11-04
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Basic Info| Name: | Ash |
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| Location: | Norwich, United Kingdom |
BioI live in Norwich, England. I like it here.
I'm a tattoo artist. I've been one for about 9 years, and I like to think I'm getting pretty good at it :) Not a world-class artist or anything, but good enough to take pride in what I do and get lots of people coming back for more.
Before, and sporadically during, my career as a tattoo artist, I have worked as a prostitute and occasionally in other areas of the sex industry. Despite no longer needing the money or finding the work particularly exciting, I still have an occasional "date". I mainly do this for political reasons. I see it as a protest. I'm the sort of person who, when told that I'm not allowed to whore, will reply "How fucking dare you tell me what I can do with my own body?!" and sell my sexual skills with renewed vigor. I occasionally take black-market drugs for similar reasons.
Sometimes, I feel anxious, hopeless, angry or depressed. I try not to make a big drama about it.
Sometimes, I feel happy, excited or optimistic. I try to share those feelings around.
I read a lot. I enjoy "general" fiction, queer theory and sci-fi. I'm open to other generes.
I'm queer. That's not a synonym for "gay".
I'm transsexual. For me personally, I tend to see that as part of a wider body dysphoria which I try to address in a number of ways, from taking hormones and getting genital surgery to getting full-body tattoo coverage. For whatever reasons, these actions seem to be working, so although I occasionally think about the social and political context of the need to do these things, I mainly just feel relieved and grateful that I have had the opportunity to do them. For me, being transsexual has relatively little to do with gender identity. I'm not really interested in having a gender identity. When people gender me, I try to remember that it's their thing, not mine. Not always easy.
I like cute things. I can't help loving cats because they're just so cute. Even if they are carnivorous, bird- and rodent-killing little bastards.
I'm vegan. I go through life with this constant, low-level surprise and disappointment that I'm a minority in this respect. To me it seems self evident that treating another being as if it were a comodity is profoundly wrong (consenting human slaves being an exception to this rule!). There are horror stories to tell about farming conditions etc but I find they make less difference to the listener's behaviour than I'd have expected. I think, ultimately, the fact of animals being concious beings with rights is something you either percieve or you don't. I notice strong parallels with people who try to show me "evidence" that God exists. I just can't see what they see in the same way. For this reason I'm beginning to think and speak of veganism as my "faith". Certain people seem to respect my choice more when I use the word "faith". Wierd eh?
I'm a tattoo artist. I've been one for about 9 years, and I like to think I'm getting pretty good at it :) Not a world-class artist or anything, but good enough to take pride in what I do and get lots of people coming back for more.
Before, and sporadically during, my career as a tattoo artist, I have worked as a prostitute and occasionally in other areas of the sex industry. Despite no longer needing the money or finding the work particularly exciting, I still have an occasional "date". I mainly do this for political reasons. I see it as a protest. I'm the sort of person who, when told that I'm not allowed to whore, will reply "How fucking dare you tell me what I can do with my own body?!" and sell my sexual skills with renewed vigor. I occasionally take black-market drugs for similar reasons.
Sometimes, I feel anxious, hopeless, angry or depressed. I try not to make a big drama about it.
Sometimes, I feel happy, excited or optimistic. I try to share those feelings around.
I read a lot. I enjoy "general" fiction, queer theory and sci-fi. I'm open to other generes.
I'm queer. That's not a synonym for "gay".
I'm transsexual. For me personally, I tend to see that as part of a wider body dysphoria which I try to address in a number of ways, from taking hormones and getting genital surgery to getting full-body tattoo coverage. For whatever reasons, these actions seem to be working, so although I occasionally think about the social and political context of the need to do these things, I mainly just feel relieved and grateful that I have had the opportunity to do them. For me, being transsexual has relatively little to do with gender identity. I'm not really interested in having a gender identity. When people gender me, I try to remember that it's their thing, not mine. Not always easy.
I like cute things. I can't help loving cats because they're just so cute. Even if they are carnivorous, bird- and rodent-killing little bastards.
I'm vegan. I go through life with this constant, low-level surprise and disappointment that I'm a minority in this respect. To me it seems self evident that treating another being as if it were a comodity is profoundly wrong (consenting human slaves being an exception to this rule!). There are horror stories to tell about farming conditions etc but I find they make less difference to the listener's behaviour than I'd have expected. I think, ultimately, the fact of animals being concious beings with rights is something you either percieve or you don't. I notice strong parallels with people who try to show me "evidence" that God exists. I just can't see what they see in the same way. For this reason I'm beginning to think and speak of veganism as my "faith". Certain people seem to respect my choice more when I use the word "faith". Wierd eh?
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alice in chains, androgeny, androgyny, animal rights, anti-racism, anti-sexism, art, bdsm, books, cats, coffee, discworld, dominatrix, drawing, endorphins, england, female to male, feminism, ftm, gender studies, gender theory, goth boys, goths, gym, having a laugh, human rights, iain banks, iain m banks, literature, london, masculism, mc escher, medical play, megadeth, mental health, metal, metallers, moshing, movies, mtf, non-binary gender, norwich, optical illusions, pantera, peace, piercer, piercings, pitchshifter, punk, punks, queer, queer rights, queer theory, rage against the machine, rancid, reading, rob zombie, rock music, scalpels, sick of it all, silliness, sleep, steroids, system of a down, tattoo artist, tattooer, tattooing, tattooist, tattoos, terry pratchett, testosterone, therapy?, tongue splitting, transgender, transgender theory, transsexual, unisex changing rooms, unisex toilets, white zombie
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Oakway Junior School - Wellingborough, England - Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
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